The investigation into the death of two infants whose skeletons found in the basement of a Westlake apartment building continues. Today the LAPD held a press conference to announce findings about the owner of the trunk in which the mummified remains were found. more ›

Last week Angelenos by the hundreds went to the "Celebrate the Macallan" at Vibiana. These scotch drinkers jumped at the chance to sample some single malt and learn about the history, traditions, and origins of one of Scotland's finest. more ›

They call it research. I call it the best time waster ever. The geniuses at the Perception Lab at the University of St Andrews in Fife, Scotland have invented an applet called The Face Transformer that allows you to upload pictures to their site and see what you might look like if you were a different race (options include Afro-Caribbean, Caucasian, East Asian and West Asian). You can also see how'd you look if you were old(er) or young(er), if your features were masculinized or feminized and if you were an Apeman (50% chimp, 50% human). Then there are the more whimsical options that allow you to transform yourself into a Botticelli, a Modigliani, a Mucha, a Manga cartoon or a drunkard (which apparently means you live in the land of magically refracted light and wear a boxer's mouth guard). Props to my co-workers Robert and Kat, who tipped me off to this wondrous wormhole and discovered that it works best when you pick someone who's wearing lots of make-up: Pam Anderson, drag queens, Jack Nicholson as the Joker. more ›